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TI: So for you, given the, kind of the rich family tradition in Buddhism, did you ever consider joining the ministry?

SI: You know, that's one thing that my mother keeps pressing on me is that, "Someone in our family should become a minister." Unfortunately, none of us did. But my dad never pressed that. My dad never said at one time, as I could remember, that one of should become a minister. I don't know for what reason, but he never did. I think his idea was that each one of us find our own way. But my mom was persistent on that, she said, "(We) have four sons, one of us should become a minister."

TI: So did you feel some pressure from, I guess, particularly from your mother?

SI: No, I didn't really feel any pressure on that point.

TI: Well, so what career did you pursue after...

SI: What was that?

TI: What career did you pursue after school?

SI: Okay, I was always interested in the art field and since I was a little kid I used to like to draw. So I became a graphic designer. And that was my, actually, my major in college, commercial art.

TI: And where did you go to college for commercial art?

SI: Oh, I went to the University of Washington.

TI: Okay, so you studied at the University of Washington, then you became a graphic designer. And where did you work during these years?

SI: I worked at a local printing and mailing company.

TI: Okay, good. And your family, tell me about getting married, children, for you. When did you, when did you get married?

SI: Well, I was actually one of the older ones to get married, I mean, as far as age-wise, I was married back in 1962 when I was thirty-two years old. Most of my siblings married much younger than when I married.

TI: And who did you marry?

SI: I married a young lady from Oregon.

TI: And her name is?

SI: Her name is Grace.

TI: And tell me about children. How many children?

SI: Oh, I have two children, one daughter and one son. And my daughter's married and has two children, my son is still unmarried.

TI: Okay, good.

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